David Morgan worked with the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in various capacities for 40 years. He spent 17 years as a nature conservation adviser to the Government of the United Kingdom and 6 years in the environment directorate of the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium. He worked at the CITES Secretariat in Geneva, Switzerland from 2004-2023, for most of the time as Chief of Scientific Services, but also as Chief of Governing Bodies and nine months as Officer-in-Charge of the Secretariat. He is an elected member of the UK's Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management and a Chartered Environmentalist with the Society for the Environment.